Stories are by Hans Christian Andersen except as noted. Stories, as
always, will be told come light rain or shine. Parents should be prepared
to sit with their kids (and keep them off the Statue once the stories
begin). Everything will be safe for children 5 years and up. For more
information, contact: Philip
David Morgan <pmorgan@suffolk.lib.ny.us>

Note: Schedules for previous years are available on the web:
1998,
1996.

To experience some of the enjoyment in the Central Park
Storytelling, listen to Hans
Christian Andersen in Central Park, an audio cassette recording of
Diane Wolkstein issued in 1981 by Weston Woods. Phillip David
Morgan writes about this cassette:

It has now been more than four decades since the Statue of Hans Christian
Andersen was unveiled in New York City’s Central Park. There have been
many tellers entertaining the old and the young alike every summer since
1956...but I believe Diane Wolkstein - who made her début in 1966 - will
be the most fondly remembered. Hans Christian Andersen in Central Park is
the storyteller’s first album (made in 1982), and it should serve as the
best introduction to anyone hearing her or Andersen’s stories for the
first time. Aided by musicians Shirley Keller, Janet Stuart, and Rachel
Zucker (the storyteller’s daughter), Diane Wolkstein’s voice carries the
listener through six of the Danish master’s tales - not just familiar
ones such as “The Ugly Duckling” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes” but also such finds as
“The Goblin and the Grocer” and the uproarious
“Hans Clodhopper.” I love it when a great
story is told well, and Wolkstein - who was named “the official
storyteller” of New York City in the late 1960’s - is that city’s
greatest treasure.